Meter for type-writers.



W. B. WINTERS.

METER FOR TYPE WRITERS. APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 15. 1913.

1,1 14,838, Patented Oct. 27, 1914. '17.

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Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed September 15, 1913. Serial No. 789,860.

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To all whom it may concern .1 Q

Be it known that I, WARREN BL WnrrERs,

acitizen of the United States, residing at- Stephenville, in the county of Erath and State of Texas, have invented certain new.

and useful Improvements in Meters for Type- Writers; and I do hereby declare the followskilled inthe art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanyin drawings, and to the .on, which form a part of this specification. This invention relates to new and useful improvements in word meters for type- The object in view is to produce a simple and efiicient deviceof this nature'having vaa Fi re 1 1s a slde elevation showing the appl cation of. the invention to the frame of a typewriter. Fi 2 is a similar view showing the parts whlch have been actuated by the depression of a keylever, and Fig. 3 is parts being'shown in y a transverse section top plan view. I

Reference now being. bad to the details of the drawings. by letter, A designates the frame of'a typewriter having key levers ,B

and spacing lever C, only-one of whichkey' leversbeing illustrated in the drawin s assuflicient to illustrate the operation 0 theinvention; A shaft D is mounted in apertures in the opposite sides of the frame of the ty ewriter and has fixed to theends thereo the two bars designated respectivelyby letters E andE. A second shaftdesignated by Fis connected to the bars E andE and has a slight vertical play in the slots H formed in the :opposite sides of the frame;

Arod designated by K is fastened at its lower end to -the bar E and its fippfer end is o a wor' extending portion E near its free end which terminates in a hook 0 having an inclined face 0' and a flat to l, and rm J fastened at one end to t e barat its-ct er end to the frame and tends to normally hold the bar E at its highest limit or .in the posltion .ings a projecting end shownin 1 o f' the drawings.v A book designated by R is pivotally mounted upon I I a pin R and is adapted to enga e over the iiat top Pnpon the ar E'to hold the latter n the FOSICIOD' shown in Fig. 2 of the draw-,

ter the key lever has been de ressed A coiled sprin designated by I is aste'ned' vat one end to t e hook R, at its other. end to the frame of the typewriter, and the urpose of. said spring I is to normally hold th R in the position shown in Fig. 2 of the draw ngs after the bar E has been depressed and in which position the upper laterallyl S of the hook it will. en 'ge' etween the teeth of thestar wheel Tjw ich is fixed to the shaft T and journaled in the,

frame of the typewriter. Said hook R has' an angledend Q, shown clearly in Fig. 3 of the drawings and'which extends underneath. the spacing bar and in the path oi the same. Said shaft T has fixed thereto a pinion wheel T which is in mesh with the gear wheel T journaled upon the stub shaft on the frame of the typewriten. The operation of my invention] will be readily understood and is as follows:.; When the key lever B is depressed the shaft F will be moved downward and with it the drawing down upon the rod K, which in r puttingt e spring J under tension "and turn will pull down the arm N of the meter. As the inclined edge'O' of the bar E comes in contact with the inclined edge ofthe hook, the latter will be swung upon its ivot, throwing itself over the angled end the fiat top P bf the bar E passes below the hook the coiled spring I will cause said hook Rto be moved from the position shown in Fig; 1 to the position shown in Fig. 2, in

which latter position the book will. engage over the fiat top P-and hold the bar E depressed. The lateral projection S upon the hook R will be thrown between the fingers of the star wh el and hold the same from rotation until a er the letter has been registered. The depression of the spacing bar, as it comes in contact with the angled end Q of thehook R will cause the'latterto tilt under tension of the spring I and disengage the hook from the flattened end of the bar- E, thus allowing the coiled spring J to re turn thebar E to its norma position and push upward upon the rod K which, throu h its connection with the meter, will causct e'j letter to be registered. This operation may, be continued until the carriage of the ty'pe- Patented cease, r914;

e hook its. "limit. in', direction. the 1m letter has been printed a the pfa line, and the -hook R is in the pt mtio'n shown in Fi. 2, and when it isnot to actuate t e spacing member, the E vbe released by the carriage turning the w ment .will cause the sha ft 1T torotate and throw the upper angled end of the hook R.

out ofithe path of the fingers of the star ifvl'heel'which will allow the bar E" to be re- ,turned-to its normal position and efiect the 1 stration of the letter.

the provlsion of an a paratus made af -s'im 1e and-efiieientmechanism 18'8. orde "tion w' be efiectedand also'a reglstration without the depression of a space member when the carriage is returned to its-starting position. v

4 w a l lafmtobenew is 1 1'.-'A word meter for typewriters compris- 1 5 ingg in combination with the frame of a typewriter having key spacing levers, a meto i'i and sprin -pnessed lever mounted upbi the frame the typewriter and hava pivotal connection with the meter, said lever having .its free and angled" and upturned, a sprmg-actuatedang1e lever pivotally mounted upon the frame of the machine an angled arm which extends underneath the spacing lever and its'other rovided with a book, a spring conat oneend to the frame and the other and having eels .T' and T? which latter move-- n and described, it w 1 be noted that to said hook carrying arm, the hook 00- I operating with the u wardly turned end at said meter'operating ever, said angled lever having a portion extending above said hoo and angled at its end, a star wheel en ged by snid angled end, and a gear whee an connections between the same and the star wheel, as set forth.

v 2. meter for typewriters comprising in combination wlth the frame of a typewriter having series of key levers and spacing member mounted thereon, ,a pressed lever pivotally mounted on the -ma-. chine and having ivotal rod connections with the meter, the

ing' upwardly turned and having a fl and a lateral projection which is upon its ed an angle'f lever pivots y mounted upon the frame and having an an-' gle lever extending underneath the spacing witnesses.

WARREN B. WINTERS.

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